"I bought this shoe for my sister in law's wedding. This shoe's understated gold color is classy and elegant. I believe it will match all skin tones very well. Because they don't have sparkles or glitter they compliment my gold dress and don't compete or overpower it.This is my first experience with strappy sandles. The "rope" portion seems to dig a bit into my pinky toe, which I recently jammed! As a quick solution I cut a small piece of aquarium airline tubing, cut it open lengthwise and slipped it on over the middle "rope" of my right shoe. You can't see it unless you look really hard. Just what I needed for a sore toe! So overall a really really gorgeous shoe for special occasions but maybe not for the office- at least for me!If I could rate comfort and appearance separately then I'd give 5 stars for appearance and maybe 3 stars for comfort."